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How many dollars of federal funding will directly create new housing units depends not only on how you ask the question but how you interpret the answer.
“As such, I think we need more focus, not just on affordable housing, but more housing supply, and why just rental,” says Jim Ritchie, president at Tridel, which ultimately means a change of mindset. While he agrees the $471 million from the Housing Accelerator Fund is not more than a “drop in the bucket,” he’s more positive around the future plans for the 60,000 units the city is pushing for and around how there’s been a new approach to solving housing issues.
“It’s to facilitate faster approvals and permitting and things like hiring a new deputy city manager to oversee growth,” says Teefy. The goal of 700 units by cutting red tape and streamlining the process was started in March 2023 and ends in September 2025. The HAF goals have been applied retroactively.
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